The captain of the Portuguese-flagged Solong, the 59-year-old Russian Vladimir Motin, has been charged with gross negligence, manslaughter and been remanded in police custody to appear at Hull Magistrates Court on Saturday, the police said in a statement.

The captain of a cargo ship arrested after a collision in the North Sea is being held in custody for a further 24 hours "due to the complexities of the incident", police said. The 59-year-old Russian man was arrested on suspicion of gross negligence manslaughter.

Ex-McKeesport police captain Christopher Halaszynski is charged with stealing over $250,000 from his department's evidence room, impacting several cases.

Vladimir Motin, who was the master of the Portugal-flagged cargo vessel Solong, was charged with manslaughter.

Police have been given more time to question the captain of a cargo ship arrested on suspicion of gross negligence manslaughter.

British police said on Friday they have charged the Russian captain of a container ship that crashed into a U.S. tanker earlier this week with manslaughter and gross negligence.

The Russian captain of a cargo ship involved in Monday's crash with a tanker in the North Sea off the coast of England was charged Friday with gross negligence manslaughter,

A Russian sea captain has been charged with manslaughter after his container ship crashed into a tanker off the Yorkshire coast.